Bug#561688: ITP: turbotail -- drop-in replacement for tail, using FAM for following files

To: Christian Dietrich <stettberger@dokucode.de>
Cc: 561688@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#561688: ITP: turbotail -- drop-in replacement for tail, using FAM for following files
From: Julien BLACHE <jblache@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:55:12 +0100
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Reply-to: Julien BLACHE <jblache@debian.org>, 561688@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20091219162435.14048.89990.reportbug@peer.zerties.org> (Christian Dietrich's message of "Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:24:35 +0100")
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Christian Dietrich <stettberger@dokucode.de> wrote:

Hi,

> turbotail provides almost all command line options as the normal tail
> from coreutils, but when following files with -f, it doesn't poll the
> file every second, but uses FAM to get informed about changes at the
> file.

Unless it offers something inotail doesn't, it looks like a duplicate
only with more bloat around it.

JB.

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